Improvement in apparatus for freezing liquids



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Apparatus for Freezing Liquids.

N0. 138,941, Patented Mayi3.i8'73.

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FRANCESCO SAJNO, OF MILAN, ITALY.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR FREEZING LIQUIDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 138,941, dated May 13, 1873; application led April 5, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Y Beit known that I, FEANcEsoo SAJNo, of Milan, in Italy, have invented a new and Improved Apparatus for Freezing Liquids, of which the following is a specification:

My invention is an improvement in the class of apparatus for freezing liquids wherein a horizontally-arranged hollow rotating cylinder is employed; and theimprovement relates to so contracting an outer and inner cylinder at the ends, and applying caps thereto, as to effectually prevent leakage 5 also to providing the said caps with deep cup-shaped flanges, which project beyond the journals, and to providing the outer cylinder with longitudinal plates or partitions, for purposes hereinafter specied.

Figure lis a side elevation my improved apparatus for freezing liquids. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation taken on the line a: x of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line g/ y of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the outer cylinder, which, like others for this purpose, is jacketed with a nou-conducting material to protect the freezing-mixture from the heat of the atmosphere. B represents the contracted ends, which I provide for the application of the screw-caps O D, which close the openings at the ends so that the water of the freezing-mixture will be held in the space below the joints as the cylinder is revolved, so that it cannot leak out. E is the inner cylinder for holding the liquid to be frozen. It is permanently attached to one end of cylinder A at F, so that the cap C of that end opens and closes the passage to it only 5 y also so that in case lthe water rises as high in cylinder A as the joint it cannot leak into the liquid to be frozen. Gr represents the longitudinal plates in cylinder A, dividing the space between it and cylinder E into several compartments to confine the freezingmixture around cylinder E equally. II represents the stationary rod in the axis of the cylinder E, having the scraper and kneader I on. it to scrape the frozen liquid oft' the surface of E where it freezes before the middle portion, and stir and knead the mass to facilitate the equal and uniform action. This rod ex tends through the hollow journal K and a gland, L, in the cap O to the post M, to which it is attached, and which is detaehably connected to the standard N to hold the rod against turning with the cylinders, and allow it to be removed with the cylinders when taken out of the bearings. O represents the cupshaped lianges of the caps to form seats for the cylinders to rest on in filling and emptying them. One is notched at P to pass the upper part of the standard N in kplacing the cylinder in its bearings and removing it.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of the horizontallyrevolving and outer cylinder A, inner cylinder E, and the caps G D, the said cylinder A and caps being arranged as described, to prevent the water from leaking out.

2. The combination of the cup-shaped flanges O with the caps, in the manner described.

3. The combination of the partition G with the cylinders A and E, substantially as specilied.

FRANCESCO SAJNO. Signed infpresence of- PIETRO CENTEMERI, AU. GIOVANNI SAJNO. 

